The Republican journal., 1887-12-15
News of Belfast and Vicinity.

Quoting recent item from the journal concern
ing decorated bean pots, the practical, bean loving
Lord Of the Rocklanl Courier Gazette says: elm
our eyes bcan-po is never handsome as when
ii is well filed to the hrim with brown and juicy
beans, In which, but indistinctly seen, nestlcs
liberal slice Of pork with streak of lean The
savory ohor of the Stcaming mass discounts the
delicate scent Of crushed rose leaves
We are indebted to the publishers of the Con
@regationalst, No Somerset street, Boston, for
copy of the Congregationalist Manual for lS,s. 1t
contains ''Thc Parsons Prayer Netting" by Rose
Terry Cooke, and great variety of useful nfor-
nation Il calendar for lssS, and has something to
say Of that excellent newspaper, The Congrega-
tionalis. Miss Frances j. Dyer, of this city is a
member Of the editorial staff of The Congrcga-
tionaiist.
CAsTINE. A. NJ DeycreuN was In town again
recently, soliciting money in aid Of survey
for the Bangor and Castine railroad. He succeed
ed in raising about 800, which, With amounts re
ceiNei from other sources viii start the work. The
strl eying party will start from Bangor about the
middle "f this month. Mr.. Warren Nickcrson, of
Orrn"ton, will be chief engineer. .Schr. Mabel,
Capt. Stout, arrived on sunday with lumber from
Alex. Campbell, Chcrrytcld, with which new
she'd roof will be built the front of the store
house steamboat wharf for the protection of
freight and passengers in stormy weather.
At the opening of 4 new Congress the seats in
| the House are drawn by lottcr! and scme Of the
members necessarily have to take Il back seat A
Washington special the Boston Herald saws
"Alr. Nlihcn found all the seats he had thought of
taken first, and although there were a goo many
good seats left. he wandered round for five min
utes before lie settled on the Republican right Mr.
Boateile, who came soon after, had to content him
self with seat on the cutter row. Mr. Reed got
Il seat on The outor row, hut new member almost
Immediately gave him better seat on the first Re
publican aisle, near his OH
CAP CULTURE II CA-rlNE. -Four years ago
some German carp We're placed In pond Il
farm in Castine owned by Mr.. Alfred Jones, Of
Bangor. The fish were obtained from the govern
lnclt, and were fifteen in number and about two
inches long when dropped into the pond through
the ice. soon after Mr.. Jones sold the farm and
had heard nothing about the fate of the fish until
recently, when he received by express a carp six
teen inches long and weighing two and half
pounds The fish was accompanied ry Il letter
from Mr. \. }. MarGrange, of Ca>tinc who wrote
that they caught seven OF the fish in the pond.
| other three We're retained. Mr. NJ says The
pond is full of fish of all sizes, from inch long
to tic size of this one Thu7 il seems that Mr.
Jones experiment has proved entirely successful.
| SnI'rH MoNTyILLE. Mrs. :. c. johnson is very
| sick.... Samucl fowes, who has been quite sick
| j. better. Leonard Cook and wife have moved
| into the house With Harrison Wailate..... Mrs.
Wyman, of Bcfast, is keeping house for Mr. Jas
| Wallace .....Iiollis l.. jackson has engaged to
teach the winter school in Higgins district in Nor
| ril.....C. NJ Iiowcs is to begin the winter school
| here next Monday. MI Iiowcs taught here two
| years age and gave good satisfaction. The re
ligious meetings still continue at the Joel jackson
| school house There has been several conversions
and many are interestcd......C. r. Randall and j.
+. Mcdowell have bought large lot of hoor poles
ON the Jackson place in Freedom which they are
cutting AMI hauling .....Thc -ociale met with
Mrs. Olive T.. Randall "Wednesday evening,
NOV. %oth. The next viii meet with Mrs. II. G..
f"tt'e Wednesday evening pec. ith.
| \ >ti.;l. DEVICE Under this caption the Law
renee, Mass, Daily Eagle of Noy. 18Th -'yles
as follows the invention of former resident of
| this city;
Mr. T.. :. Win-low, our wclknown tailor has
| Just been granted patent ON Il pantaloon langcr
and >tretchtr: i is an ingenious device used for
taking the wrinkles out Of pantaloulS and forming
~, NV ,if ~ ~, ," .'',. S't a. Mleh tel itlt
~. 'i'iS " i',' II consists u spring
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L" III ,'',t ~ w ihNI.t ol t' Pah
well on large or small pair of pantaloonS, being
l,r"rr Nhrrc tbn, r ,,,,,,, i ''' ,' a.
| hold them in place. 1t is claimed that 4 uar of
lh'l,aipoiis hhng on TINS hanger Will never get out
soon r.sInnr thrir nri,rin.i Ih,na If M,
Il wet day and hung this device over light, they
" NJ iht iii iliuai,t',fr o. ''lh- latrly pressed
yeptinn surely deserves. "
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including tie fine granite ,,1f1rry If Tburl,, H.
| \ right Of way 90 feet wi'lc antl leading to the
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rived, viii be constructed from the uuarry To the
'iipre; lil,kcl Sthali nave the contract to fur
and sheds Eivht tl,rrrls arc tn hn ,,', 3', AZ
once Mr.. Shields has @I2s ,o40 contract on hich